Good luck! I'm trying to get fit for tough mudder too, one day I was just tired of sitting around and being inactive and someone told me about TM and I was like screw it - just do it!. But I've never been an endurance athlete (my mind screams at me when it gets tough, like 'why are you doing this to yourself!'), slowly getting there with circuit training but I've got a long way to go.
Looking forward to more of your blogs, I'd like to hear about what kind of training you'll be doing.
oh yeah forget to post this vid lol this guy makes me look like a sissy
Bro forget the shitty diet. No carbs + no sugars = no energy. I would never trust a food scientist or a PT (I am a scientist btw) over someone who is ripped and fit. Trust me, you will probably have to keep up your old calorie intake, or perhaps increase it if you want to get really fit. Don't delay going to the gym. Get started now. Nobody cares if you are fat or can't lift shit at first. Just start going 3 days a week. Get on the whey protein shakes if you aren't already, and aim for 3 a day (~100g protein including milk). They are a very easy and relatively cheap way to get enough protein into your diet. If you are running twice a week + going to the gym 3 days a week, then you will certainly have a calorie deficit and will be losing weight, unless you are eating a LOT. Some people that go to the gym don't do cardio at all because it kills your gains, but since your goal is to get lean this should work well. When you start running, you want to really push yourself on your first couple of sessions just to get over mental barriers. When your lungs and legs have given in, you have only gone half way. Gym is opposite, work on your form first so you don't injure yourself, especially your back or shoulders. Anyway good luck and I hope you stay committed
Edit: Holy shit that first video is a real rustler
A ketogenic diet is incredibly unhealthy and really really bad for your liver. I'd recommend counting calories and working out a lot instead of wrecking your liver.
On February 03 2013 18:03 eSen1a wrote: Bro forget the shitty diet. No carbs + no sugars = no energy. I would never trust a food scientist or a PT (I am a scientist btw) over someone who is ripped and fit. Trust me, you will probably have to keep up your old calorie intake, or perhaps increase it if you want to get really fit. Don't delay going to the gym. Get started now. Nobody cares if you are fat or can't lift shit at first. Just start going 3 days a week. Get on the whey protein shakes if you aren't already, and aim for 3 a day (~100g protein including milk). They are a very easy and relatively cheap way to get enough protein into your diet. If you are running twice a week + going to the gym 3 days a week, then you will certainly have a calorie deficit and will be losing weight, unless you are eating a LOT. Some people that go to the gym don't do cardio at all because it kills your gains, but since your goal is to get lean this should work well. When you start running, you want to really push yourself on your first couple of sessions just to get over mental barriers. When your lungs and legs have given in, you have only gone half way. Gym is opposite, work on your form first so you don't injure yourself, especially your back or shoulders. Anyway good luck and I hope you stay committed
Edit: Holy shit that first video is a real rustler
On February 03 2013 18:25 Sauwelios wrote: A ketogenic diet is incredibly unhealthy and really really bad for your liver. I'd recommend counting calories and working out a lot instead of wrecking your liver.
All the research I've done disagrees. Taking it too far and doing it wrong is definitely bad (too much protein relative to fat, wrong fats, etc). People often confuses ketosis with ketoacidosis. They are very different things. It'd be next to impossible for me to get ketoacidosis because I don't have diabetes. And people have been living a keto lifestyle for basically all of our existence. Many native Americans lived like this. Most Europeans did too, up until the Romans fucked everybody's day up. Living on carbs is not something humans were really meant to do.
I know keto works for some people but I never liked depriving myself from stuff I like and damn I like carbs I used to be 330lbs ~ Im now 165-170~ man I hope you are lifting or not loosing weight too fast because you'll end like the dude on the video someone posted in the first page ( I had some loose skin problems myself ).. If diets working for you I guess you can keep going like that but I hope you understand that you don't need to deprive yourself from stuff you enjoy, I did flexible dieting ( or IIFYM) while losing weight and was just fine still eating ice cream or stuff I like. anyways good luck and keep strong
Yeah we are. So far it's Kwark, Big Monkey, myself, and a few others. I'm not sure who as some are training with us but can't make the event, and others can't/won't train but will be going to watch and meet us.
GL But don't be too quick in these things. Body needs to adapt, so don't be too strict, you should'nt be too strict with your diet and speeding up the training program, especially if you are not used to these things (you could also lose motivation). Plus I'd suggest you to start exercise asap (not too hard at the beginning), training>diet if you want to be fit
I recommend you do some non impact cardio, unless you want to fuck your joints up. You're still pretty heavy, and if you start pounding on you ankles, knees and back they aren't going to like it. I speak from experience. You should consider biking, or even using an elliptical machine for a while. Once you get down closer to 200 running will be much less damaging to your joints. Also, make sure you do plenty of stretching, it will help prevent injury and if you do happen to injure something like a knee or ankle it will be less severe if the joint has been stretched out regularly.
On February 03 2013 23:57 Reborn8u wrote: I recommend you do some non impact cardio, unless you want to fuck your joints up. You're still pretty heavy, and if you start pounding on you ankles, knees and back they aren't going to like it. I speak from experience. You should consider biking, or even using an elliptical machine for a while. Once you get down closer to 200 running will be much less damaging to your joints. Also, make sure you do plenty of stretching, it will help prevent injury and if you do happen to injure something like a knee or ankle it will be less severe if the joint has been stretched out regularly.
Incredible important point.
Doing stuff that suddenly means your body has to bear more than your actual weight is asking for trouble. On top of that "Just starting to do some running" without the correct shoes or technique can go wrong very quickly as well. Unless you have someone who can actively help you out with this (no, videos don't count) either stuff like swimming (maybe biking) or, depending on whether you have classes in the area that aren't made for housewives, Qi Gong / Tai Chi might be options.
Just please please please be careful with the running part when you're overweight. :o
How is it even possible to entirely miss the controversy surrounding those diets? The sole fact that there is a lot of controversy means that research is not conclusively for or against either side of the argument, which means that there has been research done indicating that low-carb diets are not good for you. Have you really not been exposed to any research contradicting your opinion? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and interpret that line as "I've seen the pro and contra research and I conclude that it's safe." This is fair enough, but why not settle for a balanced and non-controversial diet instead? At least that way you can be sure that what you're doing is actually good for you.
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